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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;THE MADNESS OF THE BIRDS&nbsp;(Part 5)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>THE MADNESS OF THE BIRDS Part 1</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH Part 4</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH&nbsp;(Part 4)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH Part 3</title>
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			<title>VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH Part 2</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH&nbsp;(Part 2)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH&nbsp;(Part 2)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH Part 1</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH&nbsp;(Part 1)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;VAMPIRES OF THE MEI WAH&nbsp;(Part 1)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>THE TWISTED MAN Part 4</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;THE TWISTED MAN (Part 4)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;THE TWISTED MAN (Part 4)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>THE TWISTED MAN Part 3</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>THE TWISTED MAN Part 2</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;THE TWISTED MAN (Part 2)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
			<itunes:summary><![CDATA[<p><strong><u>Haunted Devon –&nbsp;THE TWISTED MAN (Part 2)</u></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Past, present and future collide in this hauntology of late Victorian gothic horror.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Rural Devon 1874.&nbsp;As the full extent of modernity&nbsp;imposes its dark rationality&nbsp;across the&nbsp;land, a monster is summoned from&nbsp;the past,&nbsp;deep&nbsp;in the heart of an ancient forest.</p><p>A deity?&nbsp;A creature?&nbsp;A ghost? All and yet none of these. Yet&nbsp;murder,&nbsp;destruction and madness is called forth&nbsp;by an entity&nbsp;that haunts both physical and metaphysical&nbsp;space - a&nbsp;beast that stalks us&nbsp;still.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Revealed in a lost diary, these strange and unnerving tales speak to our darkest fears. For this universe is full of witches, demonic ritual, twisted men, vampires and deities&nbsp;which lie&nbsp;dormant&nbsp;- waiting, patiently, to be awakened.</p><br><p>These forces, however, had not bargained for simple&nbsp;kindness&nbsp;and community, the bond of friendship between two unlikely sleuths, whose fight for&nbsp;the values of nation and personage, for their very lives&nbsp;and their undying soul, reveals their greatest strength is to be found within their own frailties.&nbsp;</p><br><p>With a driving narrative, at once exhilarating, poetic and unsettling, Haunted Devon illuminates the eternal battle within the human heart against those&nbsp;bestial,&nbsp;dark and unsympathetic intelligences&nbsp;who seek only to overwhelm and claim us all.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Written by C.J. Bishop</p><p>Read by Richard Cotton</p><p>Music by Adam Collier</p><p>Produced by Adam Collier</p><p>Mastering by John Green</p><br><p>With special thanks to Mr Philip Morcom</p><br><p>© C.J. Bishop 2023</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>]]></itunes:summary>
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			<title>THE STRANGE EVENTS OF THE PALK JOURNAL Part 4</title>
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